Going All Grain
#1 *_Guest_BigBossMan_*
Posted 08 October 2009 - 05:38 PM
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Posted 08 October 2009 - 05:51 PM
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Posted 08 October 2009 - 05:55 PM
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Posted 08 October 2009 - 06:14 PM
#5 *_Guest_BigBossMan_*
Posted 08 October 2009 - 06:30 PM
I'm going 10 gallons and trying to stay under $500.Real tough question you're asking. Some people make due with virtually nothing, but it makes the brew day a major PITA. First off, what's the batch size going to be and what's the budget?
#6
Posted 08 October 2009 - 06:54 PM
i think you could do it for way under that w/o skimping eitherI'm going 10 gallons and trying to stay under $500.
#7
Posted 08 October 2009 - 06:59 PM
What do you have for equipment now? Anything that can be carried over to the AG system?I'm going 10 gallons and trying to stay under $500.
#8
Posted 08 October 2009 - 06:59 PM
Basically what Kremer wrote. You'll want some sort of lautering setup in your mash tun so you can double-duty that piece of equipment and you can use your kettle as a hot water tank for the strike and sparge water. I'd just make sure the kettle has a ball valve.Oh, and welcome to the dark sidemust have:mash tunpot big enough for full boilsome way to cool it all down.grain mill if there's no LHBS with one or you can't get milled grain otherwise.everything after that is gravy...
#9 *_Guest_BigBossMan_*
Posted 08 October 2009 - 07:08 PM
Unfortunately nothing. I'll need a brewpot and a burner as well.What do you have for equipment now? Anything that can be carried over to the AG system?
#10
Posted 08 October 2009 - 08:25 PM
Edited by JKoravos, 08 October 2009 - 08:28 PM.
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Posted 08 October 2009 - 10:00 PM
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Posted 09 October 2009 - 09:28 AM
For a mash tun, see www.hbd.org/cascade/dennybrewIf the real estate gods are kind to me, I'll be going to settlement on the 30th. Which means I will finally have room to step up to all grain brewing. Since I know the initial investment will cost a few $$$, I'd like advice on what I absolutely need and what I don't. So lets throw the equipment into MUST HAVE, KINDA NEED and WOULD BE NICE. Thanks in advance.
#17
Posted 09 October 2009 - 10:53 AM
I could use your suggestions for a cheap pump, I'm looking to add this to my system soon.Thanks!1.) Tansfer pump - for obvious reasons. Moving 10+ gallons of hot water from your kettle to an HLT on the top tier of a 3 tier system is a PITA. You don't have to go crazy and buy a $150 March pump from MoreBeer. Pretty much any small mag drive pump will work just fine. I got my pump for $40 on eBay. I can give you suggestions on what to look for if you're interested.
#18
Posted 09 October 2009 - 11:16 AM
- [*]heat mash water[*]heat sparge water[/list]Heat the mash water first, dump into cooler and there's your mash. In the meantime, heat up sparge water. OK, so sparge into kettle. Boil for 1 hour in kettle after sparging, cool, then into fermenter. If that's not the basic steps, I need to learn before tomorrow!
#19
Posted 09 October 2009 - 11:35 AM
If you only have one pot and one burner, you can heat your sparge water and transfer it to a hlt which is a cooler. This way you can sparge out of the mlt into the brew kettle.OK, I've got noob question in regard to the above.Why do you need to transfer from kettle to HLT? I thought the HLT did two things.
[*]heat mash water[*]heat sparge water[/list]Heat the mash water first, dump into cooler and there's your mash. In the meantime, heat up sparge water. OK, so sparge into kettle. Boil for 1 hour in kettle after sparging, cool, then into fermenter. If that's not the basic steps, I need to learn before tomorrow!
#20
Posted 09 October 2009 - 12:04 PM
Oh, I get it.If you only have one pot and one burner, you can heat your sparge water and transfer it to a hlt which is a cooler. This way you can sparge out of the mlt into the brew kettle.
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